Support for clothes hangers



H. -A. LINDQUIST SUPPORT FOR CLOTHES HANGERS June 11, 1929.

Filed Nov. 18

Patented June 11, 1929.

UNITED STATES HARRIET A. LINLDQUIST, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

SUPPORT FOR CLOTHES HANGERS.

Application filed November 18, 1926. Serial No. 149,115.

This invention relates to a supporting device and particularly to a device for supporting such articles as garment hangers. It is now a common practice to support garments upon hangers of more or less standard type, having hooks by which they are supported. It is necessary to dispose the hangers and garments quite close to each other as in most dwellings today, the closet space is quite limited. It is also desirable to have a hanger which can be easily and quickly installed in closets and which may, if desired, be placed in a collapsed position.

It is an object of this invention, therefore, to provide a very simple, inexpensive and efiicient device for supporting garment hangers or other articles, and one which can be disposed on the walls or door of a closet.

It is a further object of the invention to provide such a device which can readily be placed in operative position, but which may, is desired, be quickly placed in collapsed position.

It is more specifically an object of the invention to provide a device for supporting garment hangers comprising spaced means adapted to be secured to a wall having a lower member pivoted therebetween and adapted to extend horizontally, and an upper member pivoted between said means and arranged to detachably engage said lower member to hold the same in horizontal position when the device is in operative position, both of said members being adapted to hang vertically when the device is in inoperative position.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will be fully set forth in the following description made in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views and in which Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of the device shown, attached to a wall or other surface, and showing parts of the device in collapsed position in dotted lines;

Fig. 2 is a view in front elevation of the device as seen from the left of Fig 1, some parts also being shown in collapsed position in dotted lines; and

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the device.

Referring to the drawings, the device comprises a supporting means, and while this means may take various forms, in the embodiment of the invention illustrated it is shown as formed of two vertical members 5 slightly spaced, and being connected adjacent their tops and bottoms by cross strips 6 which preferably are disposed in grooves in the rear of members 5 and are held in place thereon by spaced screws 7. While the members 5 and 6 may be made of any suitable material, in practice it has been found very convenient to have the members 5 of wood and the members (3 of metal. The members 5 are adapted to be secured to a' wall, door, or other supporting surface and may conveniently be so secured by screws 8 extending therethrough into the supporting membersuch as shown as9in Figs. 1 and 3. A pivot pin 10 extends through and between the members 5 adj acenttheir upper ends, to which is pivoted one end of the member 11 shown as a flat bar, said member 11 having at its other end a pin 12 extending therethrough and projecting at opposite sides thereof. Another pivot rod 13 extends through and between members 5 adjacent their lower ends on which is pivoted a pair of lower members 14 also shown as flat bars spaced apart a distance substantially the same as or slightly greater than the thickness of the bar 11. The bars 14 are connected so as to be held in properly spaced relation by a pair of small plates 15 secured thereto by suitable screws, and said bars have formed therein at their outer ends vertical slots 14 opening at the lower side of said bars, thus forming hooks adapted to be disposed over the ends of the pin 12.

In operation the device will be disposed on a suitable supporting surface such as a door or wall of a closet, and when it is desired to hang articles thereon such as garment hangers, the device will be disposed as shown in Fig 1 with the bar 11 supporting-the bars 14 in horizontal position. The hangers may then conveniently be hung on the bars 14. \Vhen it is desired to have the device in collapsed position, the hangers are removed and the bars 11 and 14 disengaged. Both the bars 11 and 14 will then hang in vertical position and will be disposed almost wholly between the members 5 so that the device takes up very little space.

From the above description it is seen that applicant has provided a very simple and efficient device for holding garment hangers or similar articles. The device is particularly adapted for use in closets Where there is not a great deal of room, and it is obvious that two or more of the devices may be disposed side by side as room permits. The device has been amply demonstrated in actual practice and has been found to be very successtul and efficient. The same can be very easily and inexpensively made and thus soldata very moderate price.

It will of course, be understood that various changes may be made in the form, details, arrangement and proportions of the parts, Without departing from the scope of applicants invention, which, generally stated, consists in a device capable of carrying out the objects above set forth, in the novel parts and combinations of parts disclosed and defined in the appended claim.

Vhat isclaimed is A device adapted to supportgarment hangers and other articles having in combination, a pair of spaced vertically disposed members having means, holding the same in spaced position, a pivot disposed in and extending between said members adjacent their upper ends, a bar pivoted at one end on said pivot and disposed centrally between said members said bar at its free end having a pin extending therethrough and projecting at each side thereof a pivot extending into and be tween said members adjacent their lower ends, a pair of bars pivoted at one end on said latter pivot having slots adjacent their free ends adapted to hook over said pin, said bars being of such length that said pair of bars are disposed in substantially horizontal position, all of said bars being adapted to hang vertically between said members when disconnected.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

HARRIET A. LINDQUIST. 

